Reverend Cecil Williams, host of the KPIX public affairs program Vibrations for a New People, interviews Angela Davis about her political philosophy in relation to civil rights and justice in the first American broadcast interview since her arrest in connection with the Augutst 7th, 1970 shootout at the Marin County Courthouse. 

She discusses: what she means by "revolutionary" and "communist"; the misleading perception which equates revolution with violence; the Soledad Brothers; her personal relationships with George Jackson and his family; the concept of U.S. justice and rehabilitation; systemic racism and the use of lobotomy and drugs on violent offenders; California's use of indeterminate prison sentencing; women in prison and Wesley Wells. 

At one point, when asked to clarify her position on what it means to be a 'communist', she explains that: "I have a very strong love for oppressed people, for my people, I want to see them free ... I want to see all oppressed people throughout the world free. And I realize that the only way that we can do this is by moving towards a revolutionary society."

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